Benefits of vegetarianism: old monk Miaolian said seven benefits of vegetarianism

吃素好处：妙莲老和尚说吃素七大好处

Namo Amitabha. There is no Sakyamuni Buddha in the south. Eating a vegetarian diet can make people live a long and healthy life.

----Zhuge Changqing

Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha.

Namo Amitabha.

Blessed life is limitless.

If you want to be healthy, start from being vegetarian.

Vegetarian=indirect release.

Zhuge Changqing's research found that at all times and in all countries, many wise and successful people are vegetarian.

Voltaire, a French enlightenment thinker, writer, philosopher and historian who has been vegetarian, warned the world: "If animals can speak, do we dare to kill them?"

This sentence is deafening.

Not to mention China's vegetarian celebrities, let's look at the world's vegetarian celebrities:

Newton, a British physicist who is the epitome of classical physics

Darwin, the British biologist, the founder of the theory of evolution

Einstein, the founder of relativity, American physicist

English writer --- Shakespeare

Bernard Shaw, British dramatist

French philosopher and writer -- Rousseau

Russian writer -- Tolstoy

Tagore, a famous Indian poet

Benjamin Franklin, American democratic politician and scientist

Italian Renaissance painter and scientist -- Leonardo da Vinci

Mahatma Gandhi, national leader and advocate of non-violence in India

......。

The ancients said: "For thousands of years, the grievance is as deep as a sea of hatred, and it is hard to be reconciled. If you want to know the world's sabre robbery, but listen to the midnight sound of the butcher's door."

Zhuge Changqing's research found that many people are ill, grumpy, and have a bad career, all of which are caused by his enemy creditors coming to collect debts. Most of these creditors are creatures that he killed and ate.

The old monk Miaolian, who promoted Buddhism, put forward seven points of view on the benefits of vegetarianism, which is amazing.

Old Monk Miaolian (1922-2008), a modern monk. Born in Chaoxian County, Anhui Province, he has good roots and extraordinary utensils. At the age of 9, Tongzhen entered the Taoism. At the age of 20, he was bound to study at Baohua Mountain in Nanjing (now Jurong), and then joined the Lingyan Mountain Temple in Suzhou. After settling down in Taiwan in 1981, under the protection of Shanxin, he bought the site of Puli Temple in 1984 and founded the Lingyan Mountain Temple in Taiwan. The old monk Miaolian is known as the helm of Lingyan's philanthropic voyage and the great teacher who leads people to live and die.

Zhuge Changqing is here to share the Seven Benefits of Being a Vegetarian by the old monk Miaolian with the predestined:

1、 Vegetarianism is less sick and healthy

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. Cases from ancient to modern times have proved that vegetarians are healthier. When eating animal meat, animals will secrete anger toxins and hate genes before death, so most people who eat meat have diseases.

All our Buddhist meals are vegetarian; This was advocated by Sakyamuni three thousand years ago.

After all, modern people are more intelligent than previous people, and they also know that vegetarian food is good. For example, there is a Swiss medical doctor who wrote a book called "Why to be vegetarian". He emphasized from the medical point of view that if people are vegetarian for a long time, there will be no serious illness; Even if there is a serious illness, it is easy to recover. It is not only easy to get well from illness, but also quick to recover.

There is a sanatorium in Taipei that advocates vegetarianism. This sanatorium not only has all patients vegetarianism, but also doctors and nurses! There is a Hong Kong Hospital in Hong Kong, which is a Christian-run institution with the sanatorium in Taipei. Christians have always believed that flesh and blood were originally created by God and should be eaten by humans. How can they advocate vegetarianism?

I once visited patients in Gangan Hospital and asked about it when I met the doctor in the upper hospital. The doctor told me: "We are vegetarian not because of religious belief, but from the point of view of Yixi medicine." In fact, many scientists have already studied that when animals are dying, they will have great anger and terror; Blood will secrete toxins, and human beings will be poisoned once they eat. As long as we are angry, our blood will contain a toxin. This statement is recorded in ancient medical books.

One thing is often advocated by the Great Virtue of the Pure Land Master; The mother can't be angry when feeding; It looks like the air was born during the quarrel. At this time, it is absolutely not allowed to breastfeed, otherwise the baby will die if it does not get sick. This is called "poison milk kills the baby". Now few people have publicized this matter, and the founder of India Light paid great attention to it. He also explained that if the lactating mother has an atmosphere, she must squeeze out the milk. It is best to rest for a day, and then feed again after the mood is stable and the blood is normal.

2、 Vegetarian nutrition and health

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. Vegetarian grains and vegetables are from nature, rich in nutrition and healthy. Many athletes are persistent vegetarians. What do you think elephants, cows and horses eat? Not all eating grass! Look how strong they are.

Some people think that vegetarianism is not nutritious enough. If it was forty or fifty years ago, it might be reasonable to say that vegetarianism is not nutritious enough; At that time, even eating meat was not enough, and the nutrition was not enough! Modern people have too much nutrition, so many civilized diseases are mostly caused by excessive nutrition.

Many sportsmen are vegetarians, because vegetarians are not only nutritious, but also healthy and have stamina. Vegetarianism is indeed the most nutritious and clean, which is recognized and advocated by nutritionists, scientists and medical experts.

Zhuge Changqing saw that the following world champions are vegetarians according to the data collated by someone:

The champion athlete of the world's three endurance events: Sixto Linares, an American, has set a record of 4.8 miles for swimming, 185 miles for cycling and 52 miles for long-distance running. A world record of 4 miles. He once said: "When I started to be vegetarian in high school, my parents were very worried about me not eating meat. Today, 14 years later, they finally accepted that being vegetarian is good for me."

The world's longest distance traveler: Robert Sweetfall, an American, has traveled more than 24900 miles around the equator in three years. He once said: "People who are vegetarian for moral reasons have enough food in the world, and need not kill animals to eat."

The holder of the world record of long-distance running: Paavo Nurmi, a Finn, has set a world record of 20 long-distance running and won 9 Olympic gold medals. He is a vegetarian.

Olympic swimming gold medal winner: Murray Rose, a Briton, is the winner of six Olympic swimming gold medals. He has been vegetarian since he was 2 years old.

In 1980, the title of Mr. International: Andreas Cahling, a Swedish bodybuilder, is also a vegetarian.

Karate World Champion: American Ridgely Abele, who won the double titles of the world karate championship black belt champion and the overall championship, is a vegan who does not eat meat, eggs and milk.

The gold medal winner of the World Marathon: Sally Eastall, a Briton, is a strict vegetarian who doesn't even eat eggs and milk. She said: "Since I started to eat all vegetables, my running speed has improved a lot. All vegetables food is very ideal. It contains a lot of carotene, low fat and a lot of vitamins and iron. I am proud of being able to fly without sacrificing animal life."

Wales National Skiing Champion: British Roger Hughes said: "Eating vegetarian can help me become a better all-round sports player. Vegetarian provides me with extra energy, so that I can enjoy a healthy and full life."

These are all modern knowledge. How can modern people still have the outdated idea of being vegetarian and not enough nutrition? What do you think elephants, cows and horses eat? Not all eating grass! They are so strong and strong. Where is vegetarian without nutrition?

Vegetarianism is indeed nutritious, and there is no toxin in blood and meat!

3、 To kill and pay for life

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. Killing animals and eating meat is a serious crime, which will lead to countless enemies and creditors, and bring bad results of disease and disaster.

Nowadays, many people in the society are vegetarian, which is for the sake of health; Our Buddhist disciples are vegetarians mainly to cultivate compassion. Although the same vegetarian, but different intentions; Different intentions make different feelings.

Zhuge Changqing studied Chinese culture and found an amazing secret of vegetarian and meat food:

Spirit --- fine=rice+green=eating rice will make people energetic.

Rot - rotting=house+meat=eating meat will make the body rotting

You know, when animals are slaughtered, they always want revenge because of extreme pain and resentment.

Look at the word "meat". From the shape, there are two people. The two "people" are not side by side, but up and down; It means that when you ride on his head, he is free to be slaughtered by you; But when he turns over, he will eat you again.

This is what Shurangama Sutra says: "People die as sheep, sheep die as people." That is, "people eat people"! The six paths of reincarnation circle up and down in this way.

4、 The injustice of the sword and soldiers comes from the mouth

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. All wars in the world are brought about by killing karma.

Usually people die and are buried in the grave. People who eat meat eat big fish and big meat into their stomachs. Isn't that the stomachs become the tombs of animals? Bury the animal in the stomach. Do you think it is dirty? Is it sanitary? Now there are people who eat snakes and cats It's unimaginable! As soon as an animal eats into its stomach, the enemy will follow it; Are you afraid of one day when I want to settle accounts with you and kill you?

There are many converts who often come to Master to complain about their sufferings. Now I will tell you the root causes of these sufferings. I hope you can review yourself and repent and practice good fortune; Everything is not to blame, especially people. If a person has a disease that can not be seen well by Chinese and Western medicine, it is called "karmic disease". Most of these "karmic diseases" come from the mouth. But how to repent and cultivate blessings? At the very least, we should be vegetarian and chant Buddha. Because just this one mouth doesn't know how many evils have been created and how many complaints have been made?

Look! The slaughterhouses in Taipei alone don't know how to kill hundreds of cattle, pigs, fish and thousands of chickens and ducks in a day. Who are these killed for? Are they all killed for eating people? Who will receive these results? Does the person who killed come to accept it? You know! If you don't eat, no one will buy the creatures killed today. If you ask him to kill tomorrow, he won't kill them; Because you want to eat, he will kill, and everyone will do evil to each other! We Buddha disciples should be enlightened in this place!

If you live in the mountains and eat vegetarian food these days, you will not have your share in the killing industry in Taiwan these days; In the future, if war is caused by killing industry, then even the atomic bomb will not die on your head. Why? How can you feel the consequences without the cause of evil? In the past, people often escaped from the bullets. What's the reason? He has no such evil karma!

The ancients said: "For thousands of years, the grievance is as deep as a sea of hatred, and it is hard to be reconciled. You want to know the sabre robbery in the world, but listen to the midnight sound of the slaughterhouse." Why is there sabre robbery in the world? Most of them are eaten from the population. One man kills another; The same is true of a family and even a country. Buddhism talks about cause and effect. Believe it or not, the truth is true!

General Buddhists, based on their compassion, often attach great importance to the release of life; In fact, vegetarianism is the best way to release life. As long as you are vegetarian, you can release hundreds of lives; If a person is not a vegetarian, he will eat fish today and meat tomorrow. How many lives have he eaten in his life! We usually only know about tiger venom and snake venom. How many people are killed by tigers and poisonous snakes? To be honest, people who don't eat vegetarian food are many times more poisonous than tigers and poisonous snakes! Don't be a poisonous snake in people, or a poisonous tiger in people!

If you still want to eat meat, I'm telling you: now you are eating well. When you pay off your debts, don't complain about others. When you know that you have to pay your life debt to kill people, and suffer from short-lived, sickly and other consequences, the future consequences will be three ways to fall into hell. I advise you to abstain from killing and vegetarianism to avoid suffering!

5、 Convenient vegetarian meat side dishes

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. We should also learn to be skillful and convenient in the life of the meeting. What should we do when family and friends meet and the table is full of dishes? You can eat meat side dishes.

Have you ever been a vegetarian? If you think vegetarianism is inconvenient, it's all your fault. If it's really inconvenient, just eat "vegetarianism". What is "convenience vegetable"? This is not to make it convenient for you to eat meat, but to eat quietly at home and make it convenient to go out. For example, when going to a dinner at a relative's house, the host cooked vegetables in a meat pot; Even if there is no vegetarian food to eat, it is more convenient to eat.

Like Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, when he was with hunters, he ate meat and side dishes. Even if the table is full of meat and there is no food to eat, will it be less nutritious if you don't eat food for a meal? If you really have compassion, how can you bear to bite the meat?

Some people think that the host treats the guests and doesn't eat any meat as if it is impolite and sorry to others. Is that also a reason? I remember that we went to Yuli Town, Hualian, for a practice meeting not long ago. The mayor was a woman and ate vegetarian food. She told me that there are more than 300 towns in the east, and two of them have long vegetarian diet. They can be vegetarian in the political circles. What else is it inconvenient for everyone to be vegetarian?

I have a female convert disciple in Hong Kong who also eats vegetarian food. Her husband is a big entrepreneur and often has various social engagements; Although she is vegetarian herself, she also socializes with her husband. Wherever she goes, she takes bread and pickled melon with her; When eating, she eats these bread and pickled melons. Someone asked her, "Why do you want to be vegetarian?" When she saw that the other person was not suitable for speaking, she said, "I have a bad stomach, and the doctor told me not to eat meat." The answer was clean. If you see that the other party has good roots to explain, you can tell people a great truth about vegetarianism.

There are too many benefits of vegetarianism. As Buddhists, we should be vegetarian for the sake of good health; From the standpoint of moral cause and effect, we should be vegetarian unconditionally and without bargaining.

6、 Compassionate, skillful and vegetarian

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. If you are lucky, you should not only be vegetarian yourself, but also persuade your relatives and friends to be vegetarian. Being vegetarian means abstaining from killing.

Sometimes, family members do not like vegetarianism. As a member of the family, they should be enlightened by Bodhi to prevent them from doing evil deeds. This must be broken through, especially for housewives, who must learn to cook good vegetarian dishes. Don't only cook meat dishes, not vegetarian dishes. Because you cooked the vegetable without taste, the family certainly thought it was not delicious. In fact, it's not that vegetables are not delicious, but that you can't taste them; If the meat dishes are not well mixed, they are also tasteless.

In the future, we should change our ideas, study hard, and make vegetarian dishes more delicious than meat dishes. Of course, family members like to eat them; If the meat dishes are cooked without taste, or seasoned casually, they are half cooked, which naturally makes the family dislike them. In fact, family members can eat as long as they are delicious and tasty. How can they care about nutrition? When it comes to nutrition, vegetarianism has the highest nutritional value. To learn Buddhism, we should be wise, compassionate, skillful and convenient.

People's concept is very important. As long as they know the benefits of vegetarianism, they will naturally be vegetarian, so they can often mention the benefits of vegetarianism at home. In addition, prepare some vegetarian books and put them at home for teachers and children to read; When they read it, they knew that "Oh! It's so good to be vegetarian!" They should pay attention and find ways to spend time with their family, so that everyone can be good with one heart.

If your family has heavy karma and still likes meat, you can't help it; Then, in such a bad environment, you should cut a knife and say Amitabha when cutting meat and cooking meat with compassion; Stir it up, say Amitabha, and return to the west where they were born. There is no way.

7、 Abstaining from the mouth and chanting Buddha will lead to the birth of the West

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. In order to become a Buddhist, we must be diligent, have a good heart and accumulate virtue, and abstain from killing, releasing and eating meat.

I always hope that all Buddhists can abstain from eating vegetarian food. At the very least, believers who have come to Lingyan Mountain to fight Buddha VII should abstain from eating vegetarian food after returning home; Don't eat your stomach quietly in these seven days, and then swallow it again. Take the Buddha light back here, but as soon as you eat the meat, the Buddha in your heart will be smoked away by stink and blood! Everyone should have a good heart, offer incense to Buddha with heart, and don't smoke Buddha with smelly things.

Buddha is merciful and treats all sentient beings as parents and children. You eat the flesh of all sentient beings into your stomach as if you killed his parents and children. How sad the merciful Buddha was when he saw this kind of killing karma!

OK! Only hope that everyone can be vegetarian and recite the merciful Buddha with a quiet mouth, so that the merit of chanting the Buddha will be great. Otherwise, when you chant Buddha in your mouth, you will be so evil; There is no compassion at all. Your heart of chanting Buddha doesn't correspond to the heart of Buddha at all! Is there merit in chanting Buddha like this? Of course, there are all kinds of good roots! But when do you feel the results? Of course, it will be slow, because there are still evil karma obstacles, and the evil karma will not disappear. How can you feel real happiness? If you want to get happiness earlier and not suffer from the consequences, you should be a perfect good man without creating bad karma. The rewards you will receive in the future are of course round and happy! Otherwise, there will be pain in happiness; It seems like a rich person, but it is a pity that he is suffering from illness. That means "rich but poor"!

The Buddha told us, "A man who eats meat breaks the seed of great compassion." Compassion is the seed of Buddha. A Buddhist chanter wants to become a Buddha while chanting the Buddha, and eating meat destroys the seed of compassion. How can he become a Buddha? The so-called "chanting Buddha and precepts, chanting Buddha with precepts, and ten thousand people going to practice." If you want to live in the West without obstacles, you should be vegetarian and chant Buddha; Eating vegetarian means holding the precept of "no killing", and killing is the most serious crime! If you just recite the Buddha and don't follow the precepts and eat vegetarian food, then there will be obstacles that can't produce the West. Don't complain: "I want to produce the West. Why doesn't Amitabha come to take the lead?" It's not that Amitabha doesn't come to take the lead. It's that at the end of your life, your karma and enemies come to look for you, so you can't go. This is karma! All kinds of results can only be reported by people themselves. If it is the result of feeling, it is the result of cause and effect!

I hope that everyone can abstain from killing and releasing, eat vegetarian and chant Buddha, recite Amitabha with compassion, and decide to live with the West in the future!

Zhuge Changqing: There is no Amitabha in the south. Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. We are grateful for the wisdom of Master Miaolian. I also hope that more people in the world will do good deeds and accumulate virtue, be vegetarian and progressive, be healthy, rich and lucky, and succeed in everything you want!

References for this article:

1. Miaolian Old Monk is a vegetarian

2. Zhuge Changqing Vegetarian Health Culture Research Materials

南无阿弥陀佛。南无释迦牟尼佛。吃素可以使人健康长寿、智慧飞跃。

---- 诸葛长青

   南无本师释迦牟尼佛。

  南无阿弥陀佛。

   福生无量天尊。

  要想身体健康，就从吃素开始吧。

  吃素=间接放生。

  诸葛长青研究发现，古今中外，许多智者成功者都是吃素的。

   一直吃素的法国启蒙思想家、文学家、哲学家、史学家伏尔泰告诫世人：“如果动物们会说话，我们还敢杀它们吗？”

  这句话令人振聋发聩啊。

  不说中国的吃素名人，我们看看世界的吃素名人吧：

  经典物理学的集大成者英国物理学家----牛顿

　　进化论的创立者英国生物学家----达尔文

　　相对论的创立者美国物理学家----爱因斯坦

　　英国作家----莎士比亚

　　英国剧作家----肖伯纳

　　法国哲学家及文学家----卢梭

　　俄国作家----托尔斯泰

　　印度著名诗人---- 泰戈尔

  美国民主政治家及科学家----本杰明•富兰克林

　　意大利文艺复兴时期的画家及科学家---达芬奇

　　印度民族领袖及非暴力主义倡导者----圣雄甘地

  ......。

  古人说：“千百年来碗里羹，冤深如海恨难平；欲知世上刀兵劫，但听屠门夜半声。”

  诸葛长青研究发现，很多人疾病缠身、脾气暴躁、事业不顺等等，都是他的冤亲债主上门讨债所致。而这些债主，多是他杀生吃掉的生灵。

　　弘扬佛法的妙莲老和尚，提出了吃素七个好处观点，令人叹服。

  妙莲老和尚（1922— 2008），现代僧人。出生于安徽巢县，宿具善根，器宇非凡。9岁即童真入道，20岁时受具足戒于南京宝华山（今属句容），而后参学于苏州灵岩山寺，以净宗为归。1981年至台定居后，在善信的护持下，于1984年购得埔里寺址，创建台湾灵岩山寺，妙莲老和尚被誉为灵岩慈航之掌舵者，接引众生离苦得乐的大导师。

  诸葛长青在这里和有缘者分享妙莲老和尚的《吃素有七大好处》：

  一、素食少病又健康

  诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。古往今来的案例证明，吃素者身体更健康。吃动物肉，动物临死之前会分泌愤怒毒素、仇恨基因，所以吃肉的人多数身体有疾病。 

  我们佛家吃饭，完全都是素食；这在三千年前，释迦佛就这样提倡了。

  现代人毕竟比以前的人更聪明，也知道素食的好。象医学界就有位瑞士籍的医学博士，写了一本书，叫做“为什么要素食”，他以医学的观点强调人要是长期吃素，就没什么大病；就算是有大病也容易好。不但病容易好身体也较快复原。

  台北有一所疗养院提倡吃素食，这家疗养院不但全体病人吃素，连医生、护士也都有素食！香港有家港安医院，和台北的疗养院同是基督教办的机构。基督徒一向认为血肉本来是上帝所造，天生就该给人吃的，怎会提倡素食呢？

  我曾到港安医院探望病人，遇上院里的医生就问及此事。医生就告诉我：“我们吃素并不是因为宗教信仰，而是以一息医学的观点来吃素的。”事实上，许多科学家早已研究出：畜生在临死被杀的时候，因为产生极大的嗔心与恐怖；血液会分泌毒素，人类一食必为所毒。一如平时只要我们嗔心一动，血液就会含有一种毒素一样。这种说法在古医书上都是有记载的。

  净土宗大德印光大师就常提倡一件事；母亲在喂奶时不能生大气；象吵架时生了大气，此时绝对不能喂奶，否则婴儿吃了不病也要亡，这叫：“毒乳杀婴儿”。现在已很少人宣扬这件事了，印光祖师就很注重。他还说明：如果哺乳的母亲生了大气，一定要把奶水挤掉，最好休息一天以后，等情绪稳定，血液正常了，再来喂乳才能保平安。

  二.素食营养又卫生

  诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。素食五谷杂粮和蔬菜，来自天然，营养丰富，让人健康。很多运动员都是持续吃素者。你看大象、牛、马都吃些什么？还不都是吃草！看它们长得那么壮。

  有人认为吃素不够营养，如果是四、五十年前，说吃素营养不够，或许还合点情理；那时候，就是吃荤，营养也不够，连饭都吃不饱嘛！现代人营养太多了，所以许多文明病，大都是营养过剩引起的。

  很多运动家都是素食者，因为吃素不但营养够，身体健康又有后劲。素食确实营养丰富又最清洁卫生，这是营养学家、科学家、医学家所共认、倡导的。

  诸葛长青看到有人整理的资料，如下世界冠军都是吃素的：

  世界三项持久赛冠军运动员：美国人SixtoLinares曾创下游泳4.8英哩，单车185英哩，长跑52。4英哩的世界纪录。他曾说：“当我在高中开始吃素时，我的父母曾为我不吃肉非常非常烦恼。14年后的今天，他们总算接受了吃素对我是好的。”

  世界上特长距离的行者：美国人RobertSweetgall在三年中走了比赤道圆周2万4千9百英哩还要长的路，他曾说：“为道德理由而吃素的人，世界上已经有足够的食物，不必再去杀动物来吃。” 

  长跑世界纪录的保持者：芬兰人PaavoNurmi曾创下20个长跑的世界纪录，赢过9面奥运金牌。他是素食者。 

  奥运游泳金牌得主：英国人MurrayRose是6面奥运游泳金牌得主，2岁就开始吃素。 

  1980年国际先生头衔：瑞典健身家AndreasCahling 也是素食者。 

  空手道世界冠军：美国人RidgelyAbele曾赢得世界空手道冠军赛五级黑带冠军及整体总冠军双头衔，是一个不吃肉，蛋及奶的纯素食者。 

  世界马拉松赛金牌得主：英国人SallyEastall是连蛋，奶都不吃的严格素食者，她说：“自从开始吃全素后，我的跑步速度进步不少。全素的食物是很理想的，它包含了大量的胡萝卜素，低脂肪及很多的维生素和铁质，我为自己完全不用牺牲动物生命而能健步如飞感到骄傲。” 

  威尔斯全国滑雪冠军：英国人RogerHughes说到：“吃素能帮助我成为一个更佳的全能体育选手，素食提供我额外的能量，让我能享受健康而充实的生活。” 

   这些都是现代的知识，现代人怎么还会有吃素营养不够的落伍思想？你看大象、牛、马都吃些什么？还不都是吃草！看它们长得那么壮，力气也大，哪里是素食没有营养呢？

  素食确实是有营养，而且又没有血、肉所具有的毒素呢！

  三、杀生偿报苦无期

   诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。杀生吃肉，罪业深重，会结下无量冤亲债主，带来疾病、灾难恶报。

  现在社会上有很多人吃素，那是为了身体的健康；我们学佛弟子吃素，主要是为了长养慈悲心。虽同样吃素，用心却不同；用心不同，当然感果就不同了。

  诸葛长青研究中华文化，发现一个素食、肉食的惊人秘密：

  精神---精 = 米 + 青 = 吃米会使人有精神。

  腐烂---腐 = 府 + 肉 = 吃肉会使身体腐烂

  要知道，畜生被宰杀的时候，因为极端痛苦，怨气难消总想报复。

  大家看这个“肉“字，从字形上来看有两个人，这两个“人”不是并排，而是一上一下；就是指你骑在他头上时，他任你宰割；但等到他一翻过身来，他又要吃你了。

  这就是楞严经上讲的：“人死为羊，羊死为人。”也就是“人吃人”啊！轮回六道就是这样上上下下的打转。

  四、刀兵冤业由口来

   诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。人世间的战争都是杀业带来的。

  平时人死了埋在坟墓里，吃荤的人把大鱼大肉吃到肚子里，那肚子不是变成了动物的坟墓了？把动物埋在肚子里，你看脏不脏？卫不卫生呀？现在还有人吃蛇、吃猫.........真令人不敢想象!动物一吃到肚子里,冤魂就跟到肚子里；有一天找你算帐、要你命时，你怕不怕呢？

  就有好多皈依弟子常来师父前诉苦，我现在就把这些苦的根源说出来，希望大家在自身上检讨，要好好的忏悔、修福报，唯人自招；一切怨不得天，尤不得人的。一个人要是得了连中西医都看不好的病，这就是“业障病”，这些“业障病”大多是从口中吃来的。但如何忏悔、如何修福呢？最起码要吃素、念佛。因为只是这一张口就不知道造了多少恶、结了多少怨？

  你看！单是台北市的屠宰场，一天就不知道要杀几百条牛、猪、鱼，几千只鸡、鸭。这些都是为谁而杀呢？还不都是为了吃的人而杀的？这些果报又是谁来受呢？杀的人来受吗？要知道！如果你不吃，今天所杀的众生都没人买，明天你叫他杀，他都不会杀的；因为你要吃，他才杀，大家互相造恶，罪业果报都有份！我们佛弟子在这个地方要觉悟啊！

  大家这几天住在山上吃素，那么这几天全台湾的杀业，就没有你的份；将来如果因此杀业而酿成战争，那么即使是原子弹炸在你头上都不会死的，为什么？没有造恶因怎么感恶果？过去往往有人在枪林弹雨中死里逃生，什么道理呢？他没有这造恶业啊！

  古人说：“千百年来碗里羹，冤深如海恨难平；欲知世上刀兵劫，但听屠门夜半声。”为什么世上有刀兵劫？大都是从人口中吃出来的。一人造杀业，一人受杀身之祸；一家乃至一国也是如此。佛法讲因果，你信也好，不信也好，真理确实是如此！

  一般佛教徒基于慈悲之心，往往很重视放生；其实吃素就是最好的放生。只要吃素就能放百千条的生命；一个人若不吃素，今天吃鱼，明天吃肉，累积下来，这一生不知吃了多少生命呀！我们平时只知老虎毒、蛇毒，究竟老虎咬死几个人，毒蛇又毒死几个人呢？老实说，人不吃素比老虎、毒蛇不知毒了多少倍！大家千万不要做人中的毒蛇、人中的毒虎！

  如果你还想吃荤，那我在告诉你：现在你是吃的很好，到还债的时候，就不要怨天尤人了。当知杀生须还命债，又遭短命、身体多病等种种花报，将来果报更是堕地狱三途。奉劝诸位戒杀吃素免受苦果！

  五、方便素食肉边菜

   诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。在和会生活也要学会善巧方便，亲人朋友聚会，满桌子菜肴，如何办？你可以吃肉边菜。

  各位听了有没有发心吃素呢？如果你认为吃素不方便，那都是自己找籍口，真的不方便就吃“方便素”好了。什么叫做“方便素”呢？这不是叫你方便吃肉，是说你在家里就吃的清清静静，出外就方便点。比如去亲戚家赴宴，主人用荤锅煮素菜；甚至没有素菜可以吃就吃方便些，吃肉边菜也可以。

  象六祖慧能大师与猎人在一起时，就是吃肉边菜。就算席上全是肉没有菜可吃，难道一顿饭不吃菜，就会少了营养吗？你若真有慈悲心，对那些肉怎能忍心咬得下呢？

  还有人认为主人请客，不吃一点肉好象不懂礼貌、对不起别人。这也是理由吗？记得不久前我们到花莲玉里镇作法会，镇长是位女性，而且吃长素。她告诉我：东部有三百多个镇，其中就有两位镇长吃长素。他们在政界中应酬都能吃素，大家还有什么不方便吃素的？

  我在香港有位女皈依弟子，也是吃长素。她丈夫是个大企业家，经常有各种应酬；她本人虽然吃素，但一样陪丈夫交际应酬。不管到哪里，她都带着面包、酱瓜；吃饭时，她就吃这些面包、酱瓜。有人问她：“你为什么要吃素？”她看对方根基不适合讲，就说：“我胃不好，医生叫我不要吃荤。”一句话就回得干干净净。看对方有善根可以说明的，就把吃素的一篇大道理告诉人。

  吃素的好处实在太多了，我们身为佛教徒，为了身体好要吃素；站在道德因果的立场上，更要无条件、没有讨价还价地吃素。

  六、慈悲善巧煮素食

   诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。如果有机缘，不仅自己吃素，也要劝说亲朋好友吃素。吃素=戒杀，功德无量啊。

  有时，家人不喜欢吃素，身为家庭的一份子，就要发菩提心化度家人，使他们不要造恶业。这点一定要突破，尤其是家庭主妇，一定要好好学会烧一手好素菜。不要只会烧荤菜，不会烧素菜。因为你将素菜烧的没味道，家人当然认为素菜不好吃。其实不是素菜不好吃，是你不会调味；如果荤菜也不调好，一样没味道的。

  以后要改变观念，好好学习，把素食烧的比荤菜有味，家人当然喜欢吃；把荤菜烧的没味道，或随便调味，煮的半生不熟，自然使家人不喜欢吃。其实家人吃饭，只要好吃、合口味就好，怎会管营养不营养？要讲营养，素食营养价值最高了。学佛法要开智慧，要慈悲，懂的善巧方便。

  人的观念很重要的，只要他晓得素食的好处，自然就会吃素，所以在家里可以常提吃素的好处。另外准备一些素食方面的书，放在家里给先生、儿女们看；他们看了就知道“哦！原来吃素这么好！”要用心，要想办法来化度家人，使大家都能一条心向善才好。

  如果家人业障重，还是喜欢吃肉，逼得你没办法；那么，在这种恶劣的环境下，你就本着悲悯的心，切肉、烧荤食时，切一刀，念一句阿弥陀佛；炒一下，念一句阿弥陀佛，回向它们往生西方。这是没办法的办法。

  七、戒口念佛必生西

   诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。要成佛道，要精进、要心善积德、要做到戒杀放生、不吃荤。

  我总是希望所有佛教徒都能戒口吃素，最起码来灵岩山打过佛七的信众，回家之后要戒口吃素；不要在这七天肚肠已吃的清静，回去后又是大鱼大肉的往肚里吞。在这里带着佛光回去，可是一吃了肉，心中的佛就被臭血腥熏跑了！大家要有好心肠，用心香供佛，不要用臭东西熏佛。

  佛陀大慈大悲，视一切众生如亲子，你把众生肉吃到肚子内，如同杀他的亲子来吃。这种杀业，大慈悲的佛陀看了，心中有多么难过啊！

  好！唯愿大家都能吃素，以清静的口业来念慈悲的佛，这样念佛的功德就大了。否则你口里一面念佛，一面又那样恶；一点慈悲心都没有，你念佛的心与佛心根本不相应嘛！这样念佛有没有功德呢？当然是有，先种种善根嘛！但什么时候感果报呢？当然就慢了，因为还有恶业障障住，恶业不消，哪能感到真正的安乐？想要早一点得到快乐，不受苦果，就纯纯粹粹做一个完美的善人，不造恶业，将来所受的果报当然就是圆圆满满、快快乐乐的！要不然乐中还有苦；好象富有的人，可惜病痛缠身，那等于就是“富而贫”呢！

  佛陀告诉我们：“夫食肉者，断大悲种子。”慈悲心是佛种子，念佛人一面念佛想成佛，一面又食肉坏了慈悲种子，怎么可能成佛？所谓“念佛持戒，持戒念佛，万人修万人去。”想生西方没有障碍，就要吃素念佛；吃素也就是持“不杀生”戒，杀生罪业是最重的！如果只是念佛而不持戒吃素，到时有了障碍生不了西方，就不要怨：“我想生西方，怎么阿弥陀佛都不来接引？”不是阿弥陀佛不来接引，是临命终时，你的业报、冤家都来找，使你没有办法去。这就是业障嘛！诸凡果报一切唯人自招，如是因感如是果，因果决定是如此！

  希望大家都能戒杀放生、吃素念佛，用慈悲心念阿弥陀佛，将来决定同生西方！

     诸葛长青：南无阿弥陀佛。南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。我们感恩妙莲法师的智慧。也愿天下更多有缘者行善积德，吃素精进，身体健康、富贵吉祥，心想事成、万事如意！

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  1、妙莲老和尚吃素七个好处网、络资料

  2、诸葛长青素食养生文化研究资料

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

(Zhuge Changqing: zhuge8031@163.com ）

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

（诸葛长青：zhuge8031@163.com）

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